All-American Chieftain Stars head to Texas

Members of this year's THS dance team will be heading to Camp Buckner, about an hour and a half southwest of Austin, Texas, to participate in the Hill Country Extravaganza on April 21-24.

Juniors Jenna Bradley, Melisa Augirre, Lacey Sturgis and Paula Prosser, and sophomore Amie Riddle were named all-Americans at dance camps they attended during the last few months. The recognition qualified them to participate at the camp. The group also will perform a routine at the Texas state capitol in Austin. While there, the girls will sightsee throughout the city as well.

Augirre, Sturgis and Prosser all were named all-Americans during a clinic last December at Olathe East High School. Riddle and Bradley were named all-Americans at a summer camp in Emporia.

The girls will learn a routine while at Camp Buckner that they will perform at the statehouse. They also will perform one of their own routines that they choreographed themselves. If the routine is chosen as the top dance at Camp Buckner, the group also will perform that at the statehouse.

To fund the trip, team members have been asking local businesses for donations.